Campus History

From Out of the Pit — The Steel Phoenix Rises

On Friday, August 10, 2018, I made my way up to parking structure P4 to take photos of the steel structure.

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Campus History

The Link Between The New Hospitals, A Pipe Fitter, and a Peds OR Nurse a LLU School of Nursing Graduate

Last week, I wandered over to a lift on the north side of level “A,” to ask a question of the person who had his...

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Campus History

The Week of August 13, 2018 — The Week to Clean Up Some Lose Ends

From what I learned this morning, The north crane will begin lifting columns this Thursday, August 16, and the south crane will begin hoisting columns...

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Behind the Scene, Blog, How do They do That?

The Anatomy of an Isolator — An Integral Component to the Overall Seismic Protection System

Behind that black inner tube like material is a magical “EPS” system. EPS stands for Earthquake Protection System and is the company that invented the...

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Blog, Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020

The Week of August 6, 2018 — The Week the Isolator Keeper Plates Were Removed

Two of the four keeper plates are highlighted on the Isolator in the featured image — When the first of the isolators were set, I noticed...

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Campus History

Desk Jockeys of the Loma Linda University Campus Transformation Project — Lessons Learned About Desks

I come from a long line of Desk Jockeys: One of my uncles was in construction, he had a desk: it was always clean. My...

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360 Degree Photos, Blog, Construction Site, Construction Update Vision 2020, Weekly Construction Blog

The Towers a 360 View — August 3, 2018

A View From a Window: This view of the construction project was taken from one of the seventh floor corridor windows that are located between...

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Campus History

From a Dirt Pit to a Steel Structure — What a Difference Two Years Make

It is time to take a look at where we were, where we are, and where we will be. This blog highlights four photos: The...

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Blog, Construction Site, Current Updates, Up on the Steel

The Aerial Lift aka Man Lift, or Buck Lift — A View From Within the Car

On any given day, while I’m on site, I may ride the aerial lift two or three times. Sometimes Gordon. the operator of the car,...

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Blog, Campus History, Featured Image

A Former Bank Lies In the Shadow of the Towers of Healing — Where the Past meets the Present

A Bit of Loma Linda History — The First National Bank of Loma Linda On the right (the section that is slightly taller) is the...

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